NYC What I saw women wear to work.

[OhMari]

i spent a week with my dh out in NYC. Our son works there so we stay with him. He lives across the East River in Long Island City. Anyways, we rode the subway every morning into the city and rode along with people going to work.

I am from the Midwest, and I guess I was sort of surprised by what the women were wearing. A good majority of the women were wearing these really pretty "shift" dresses, with ankle boots. I had to google the dress to actually find one on line. These dresses are not in the stores by me. Some dresses were really short and if the women in the Midwest had on a dress that short they have black leggings on underneath. I rarely saw any one with the black leggings on, which is very popular right now in the Midwest.

Maybe I am not up to date with my fashion in the Midwest, I have seen the ankle boots in the stores for over a year now, I just couldn't believe the boots were making a come back again after 30 years. I had at least 3 pairs. Everyone wears knee length boots or cowboy boots with their dresses in Wisconsin, or flip flops with dresses in the summer.

 

[cabanafrau]

Maybe it's been too warm for black leggings yet? Ankle booties have been HUGE here in Michigan for two years now.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

My favorite thing to see them wear are business suits and sneakers as they travel too and from wherever they're going!

 

[ronandannette]

Maybe it's been too warm for black leggings yet? Ankle booties have been HUGE here in Michigan for two years now.

Just can't make myself do the ankle boots - they look ridiculous to me with a dress and very unflattering on shorter legs. I will be wearing black tights under a short skirt practically every day for the next 5 months though..."winter is coming..."

 

[cabanafrau]

Just can't make myself do the ankle boots - they look ridiculous to me with a dress and very unflattering on shorter legs. I will be wearing black tights under a short skirt practically every day for the next 5 months though..."winter is coming..."

Oh, I don't wear them -- though it seems as if I have purchased literally dozens of them (not really). I have HS and college age daughters. I have genuinely taken to walking through malls randomly saying, "no boots" if I happen to be out shopping with either one of them. Ironically I did just purchase a new pair of combat boots for my older daughter because her favorite pair have had the soles almost walked out of them hoofing around campus. I okayed the purchase and immediately looked her in the eye and said, "no boots".

 

[NJlauren]

Sounds about right.

The boots in the summer was odd to me but I saw it all summer and I love those dresses so comfy for work.

 

[NewRVLady]

Yesterday's New York Times "On The Street" Photo spread showed these very wide legged pants in NYC
some full length...some halfway between knee and ankle-ewwwwww

 

[Minnesota!]

I detest the look of ankle boots with dresses/skirts, too. Ew.

But, what you are describing doesn't sound like anything I haven't seen at work here in MN.

 

[cluvsdisney]

Knee high boots and leggings under dresses comes in cooler weather. It's been hot here until this week. It's just starting to cool off this week and it's still only in the mid-60s.

 

[HM]

I've seen plenty of young women dressed like that around here.
Leggings or tights are not used until winter. By that time, they are wearing tall boots too.

 

[Jaya]

Yesterday's New York Times "On The Street" Photo spread showed these very wide legged pants in NYC
some full length...some halfway between knee and ankle-ewwwwww

Sounds like the dreaded "Gaucho Pants" of the 70's/80's.

 

[gwynne]

I detest the look of ankle boots with dresses/skirts, too. Ew.

But, what you are describing doesn't sound like anything I haven't seen at work here in MN.

I'm not a fan either. I just can't get Granny Clampett out of my mind. Ankle boots and dresses were her regular fashion statement. Who knew she was a trendsetter?

 

[wilkeliza]

The NYC fashion scene is very diverse. We saw a lot of "shift" dresses and boots from the just out of college workers in my office. The rest of us were in business casual and hardly any of the older ladies wore dresses. Sometimes it is fun to realize the generational splits just by clothing.

 

[Patch'sD]

At least you didn't see what they are wearing in Time Square. A little paint, a head dress, and a thong.

 

[JennaDeeDooDah]

Just can't make myself do the ankle boots - they look ridiculous to me with a dress and very unflattering on shorter legs. I will be wearing black tights under a short skirt practically every day for the next 5 months though..."winter is coming..."

I detest the look of ankle boots with dresses/skirts, too. Ew.

But, what you are describing doesn't sound like anything I haven't seen at work here in MN.

I'm not a fan either. I just can't get Granny Clampett out of my mind. Ankle boots and dresses were her regular fashion statement. Who knew she was a trendsetter?

Add me to the group who hates ankle boots. They are some of the goofiest looking things I have ever seen.

 

[RedAngie]

At least you didn't see what they are wearing in Time Square. A little paint, a head dress, and a thong.

Are the topless painted ladies still there? For about a week in August, either the Post or the Daily News had daily headlines, photos, and stories about how disgraceful those shameless hussies are. Posing with children, cops, politicians, etc.

Where's my fainting couch?

 

[Minnesota!]

I'm not a fan either. I just can't get Granny Clampett out of my mind. Ankle boots and dresses were her regular fashion statement. Who knew she was a trendsetter?

Granny Clampett is EXACTLY who I think of, too. I'm all "So, you're trying to look Hillbilly, huh?"

 

[Patch'sD]

Are the topless painted ladies still there? For about a week in August, either the Post or the Daily News had daily headlines, photos, and stories about how disgraceful those shameless hussies are. Posing with children, cops, politicians, etc.

Where's my fainting couch?

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Are the topless painted ladies still there? For about a week in August, either the Post or the Daily News had daily headlines, photos, and stories about how disgraceful those shameless hussies are. Posing with children, cops, politicians, etc.

Where's my fainting couch?

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Yes, They are still there. I think that they will be like flowers and disappear at the first frost

 

[mjkacmom]

My teen girls would (and have) wear something like that (gladiator sandals in the summer). It's a youthful look.
http://oi54.tinypic.com/29axl3d.jpg

 

[JustCallMeMommy]

I don't wear short-short dresses, but I do wear ankle boots with everything during the winter. It makes my day to be able to wear warm cozy socks hidden by boots.

I went into 3 shoe stores this weekend, and based on that sample, boots are the only thing anyone will be wearing this year. There were multiple aisles of boots in each, rather than just a single aisle as usual. A good 1/2-3/4 of the women's sections were nothing but boots.